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The South Australian Company (1835 - 1949)

From
1835
To
1949

Summary

Formed in London in 1835 by a syndicate headed by George Fife Angas, with the aim of encouraging the preliminary purchase of land following a decision to offer the colonial government twelve shillings per acre.

The company was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1855 and was wound up in 1949.

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • The South Australian Company records; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

State Library of South Australia

  • The South Australian Company records, 1835 - 1949, BRG 42; State Library of South Australia. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Sutherland, G., The South Australian Company: a study in colonization, Longmans, London, 1898, 238 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Thornton, R, 'The South Australian Company 1835-1949: history and archives', Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 15, no. 2, 1987, pp. 119-126. Details

Bruce A. Smith

Created: 31 December 1999, Last modified: 14 October 2010